OUR TRIP TO FLORIDA

One of our favorite adventures in Florida was visiting Gator Park in the Everglades. They had numerous exhibits on reptiles, alligators and any other animal you might find in the everglades. The boys loved watching a live demonstration on alligator wrestling and were even able to touch and hold baby alligators (jaws bound, of course). The best part of it all was the air boat ride wich was driven by our crazy guide who kept telling us to "watch out for 'em croickies," as he zoomed at high speeds through the mangroves. We got to see thousand year old cypress trees, iguanas, alligators, snakes, turtles...the list goes on. I loved every minute of it!










Marco Island was beautiful and relaxing. We spent about three days doing nothing but playing at the pool and going to the beach (my kind of vacation). The boys were amazed when they spotted a little turtle scooting along on the beach.







Clearwater, Tampa was a fun place walk on the boardwalk, play on the beach, and visit the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. My favorite part was taking a boat out to Caladesi Island, which we had heard was one of the prettiest secluded beaches in Florida. It was beautiful and the shells we found on it's white sands were amazing.







We spent a few days in Orlando and decided to take the boys to Disney's Animal Kingdom. They loved seeing all the exotic animals and especially loved the safarri ride, wich let you see every African animal you could imagine in it's (somewhat) natural habitat. It was amazing and far exceeded my expectations. Of course we had to end the hot humid day with a lemon freeze, which the boys devoured in seconds. It was a great day.